Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-12
BELVA LOCKWOOD.
HER LECTURE ArTHB OPERA HOUSE, LAST
NIGHT.
An EXCELLENT AddrsSs-WOman's ProgreS-her
Rights Will Surely
Come.

i0rk WOOu ~ lAC OPNA
when she delivered her lecture ON the
"Women of To-day was small, consider
inc the attraction which was presented.
However, the attendance was sufhcient 10
make no inconsiderable addition to the
fnnd of the Relief Corps, to which the pro-
Goods of the lecture were applied. Prof.
F H. Crago introduced Mrs. Lockwood IN
n few neat remarks. The principal points
Of her argument were as follows:
The nrogressive woman of the day IL the
optcome of the steady development IN
b;yher civilization which has been gong
on for a long time. The only way OF
measuring progress is by looking back ana
NOTING the difference between the then
and the now" No one man or woman
has ever conceived and perfected any great
discovery but it has been the slow deVel-
opment of several minds. franklin hrSt
drew electricity from the lightning, ana
Morse, by applying this principle made Inc
telegraph. The transmission Of sound oy
this means was then made manifest ana ny
applving this principal to the human
voice the telephone was discovered. Inc
Atlantic cable was the next step in electrl-
cal progress, and now Edison
has 30 combined these discoveries
and demonstrated the practlcabli-
ity of the telephone in long distances that
il is not improbable that the telephone VIII
soon he in use across the ocean. In this
connection she also referred to the starting
of the machinery OF the great New Orleans
exposition by the mere pressure OF a knob
OIL President Arthur's tables nj Washington.
In the l4th amendment 10 the Constitu-
ton what does the word persons IN
clude? Are not women made citizens by
that act as well as colored persons? And
if so have they not a right to vote II he
voted for? There is nothing in the Constr
tuition to prevent them from being elected
To anv office, nor being sworn IN anu
performing the duties OF that Office
When our forefathers framed the constltu-
ton with their iOremOthers at their elbow
they had not vet broken away from the old
British customs by which they had so long
been governed aud the same restrictions
were placed upon women a. were IN force
in ENGLAND. But that time has passed.
Brain and not Drawn is the tandard oil
force. and right not might the criterion OF
power.
and govern women? 1t surely is not on
acconnt of her dress that she is considered
his interior, for in earlier days, men, ana
especially those of noble birth, wore
dresses, Even now college professors and
the Judges OF the Supreme Court OF the
United States still retain the gown, and
from the action recently taken by the
New York Court of Appeals in adopting
the Gown it is not improbable that
the unique garment known as the Mother
Hubbard, may yet become the garb OF the
males of America. Women Is coming to
the front in brain power, culture and
learning.
There was q time, aud not 50 long ago,
when a female teacher was the exception,
but now there is hardly q college or UNI
yersity which has not at least one woman
professor. 1t WAS al one time thought oil
the women, as of the negro, that she
couldn't be educated, because 1t would
take her out of the sphere. But what
is her sphere: In the medical
and legal professions, Is teachers,
orators, theOlogians and Journalists,
m have provea themselves able TO
cope with men and the time has passed
when their only accomplishments consist
ed in washing diSheSam d darninT stockings.
The young woman OF to-day must keep
mace with the development of the age; she
must he educated like the boys and not
merely for the purpose OF getting married
~ under the old regime.
The men are even now changing places
with the women in the household. The
best houSekceperS OF to-day, the best dress
makers, milllncrs and cooks are men,
while some of the best teachers, preachers,
orators aud journalists are women. No-
mans progress is the healthy OutgrOwth of
the times in which we live. Since Judge
Chase ]iuaugurated the system OF wo-
men clerks in the federal offices
they have become Indispensable 10 the de-
partmentS ofthe government. lnthe custom
house women are indispensable, for while
it is necessary hat women should he
searched by women no person hut one of
their own sex can master the mysterious
machinery of a woman'S dress. APP
plause.
I'LL Illt IDSlOlilNS NbNN w Nv III NANhN
than men on account OF their ability to
talk aud keep things lively. They are
necessary in almost all the business de
partments of the country. We have women
doctors. LAWYERS and teachers, and even
| stock ~raiSerS, and it is not nj all improhI-
BILE that we will sOon have women mem
bers of Congress and SenatorS-aud pos
sihly women Presidents. lApplauSe.
| Conservatism il giving way to
the inevitable. and soon woman will have
the restrictions which now dehar her from
her rights removed, and will be able to
take her place in whatever professions she
chooses. The state of culture Of a country
is shown by the condition of its women.
knowledge goes hand in hand with liberty
and ignorance is Joined with slavery.
In India aud the Eastern countries
the women are treated worse than dogs,
and il is but n short time since II was the
custom to destroy all the girl children and
to burn the wives when the husband died.
| England has abolished these customs in
India but even now she does not attempt
10 interfere with the pOlygamy which exists
among the natives. But womcn'S rights
are gradually gaining ground in these
| countries, for y woman actually appeared
upon the street unveiled, in Turkcy, S0me
| time ago.
Every great man owe his success To
some grand woman ~ does every great
woman owe her success 10 some equally
great man. Mary bore and raised Jesus.
TO pharaoh's daughter Moses was indebted
to his success, and Lydia, DorcaS, and
Mary Magdalene, art prominent scriptural
examples True, many persons stick by
the expression of st. Paul, that a woman
should not be heard in the church, hut it
is the impression among traDSiatorS that
this is caused by some perversiOn Of the
text Elizabeth Cady Stanton is
now re-tranSlating the Bible
from the Hebrew-and it is possible that
when Elizabeth gets through We may have
q new Bible. But it is to the m that
we must look for the perpetuation of our
religion. The fires OF devotion seem TO be
dying ont in the breasts of our young men
and if man will return to DeiSm an Pagan
ism toward which they seem to he tend
ing now, the women should stand fast and
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